Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles (TSA LA) is pleased to present Hang in there, kiddo, a debut solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Arnab Gan Choudhury. Choudhury was selected for a solo presentation through the TSA LA 2025 Open Call, which received over 300 applicants. The exhibition features intricately layered, large-scale drawings that explore themes of home, memory, and identity. Hang in there, kiddo will be on view from January 10 to February 1, 2026.

Having grown up in Kolkata, India, and later relocating to the United States, Choudhury’s understanding of “home” has become increasingly complex. To maintain a connection to his country of origin, he revisits childhood memories through his work. What emerges are fragments that feel simultaneously familiar and distant—echoes of lived experience filtered through time and migration. He likens this process of accessing memory to navigating a maxed-out computer hard drive: an effort to reconcile the past with the present while preserving a sense of identity that feels both essential and fragile.

Crayon is one of the primary materials Choudhury uses to build his densely worked surfaces. Often associated with childhood craft and play, the medium allows him to layer, scratch, deboss, and rework color with urgency and energy. Though often viewed as a child’s drawing tool, crayon is central to his practice, where a familiar process yields complex images that trace the emotional contours of nostalgia. These physical actions mirror the workings of memory itself—images emerge, recede, and resurface over time. Rendered at an expansive scale, the drawings immerse viewers in dreamlike spaces that invite reflection, opening a quiet field for connecting with one’s own memories through line, texture, and depth.